# This... Is... Jeopardy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 9, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083 "2021-01-09T01:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/41 "2021-01-12T01:39:41Z")
Who was Colin Powell? 1. In 1983, he became the first African-American to make it to space, ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/42 "2021-01-12T02:06:55Z")
Who is John Glenn? _(It’s not commonly known that he was black, but turned white once he found out what he had volunteered for)_ Now to be serious: Who is Guion Bluford? Next: **Inventors and Their Inventions** Karl von Drais _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/43 "2021-01-12T05:05:54Z")
What are the bicycle and the typewriter? 1. Nicola Tesla ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/44 "2021-01-12T09:54:37Z")
(if I have to choose just one) What is the alternating current electric system? 1. Philo Farnsworth. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/45 "2021-01-12T11:55:06Z")
What is television? 1. Sir Rowland Hill ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/46 "2021-01-12T17:50:40Z")
What is the postage stamp? 1. Ruth Graves Wakefield ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/47 "2021-01-12T17:55:06Z")
What is the chocolate chip cookie? **Category: TV Couples And Their Shows** 1. Al and Peggy Bundy ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/48 "2021-01-12T17:56:21Z")
What is Married…with Children? 1. Archie and Edith Bunker ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/49 "2021-01-12T18:01:42Z")
What is “All in the Family”? 1. Sam Malone and Diane Chambers ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/50 "2021-01-12T19:34:39Z")
What is “Cheers”? 1. Sun-Hwa Kwon and Jin-Soo Kwon ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/51 "2021-01-12T20:47:53Z")
What is “Lost” ? 1. Will Chandler and Sonny Pruitt _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/52 "2021-01-12T22:11:59Z")
Aren’t you the comedian? What is Moving On? **From the Latin** 1. This phrase, meaning “a clean slate”, refers to a mind without preconceptions. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/53 "2021-01-12T22:15:41Z")
What is “tabula rasa”? 1. This abbreviation, which stands for the Latin words for “what was to be demonstrated,” is often used at the end of mathematical proofs. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/54 "2021-01-12T22:40:28Z")
What is “QED”? 1. An abbreviation following the name of the sovereign on British (and other commonwealth country) coins, it means “by the grace of God”. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/55 "2021-01-12T22:44:21Z")
What is “D. G. Reg.”? 1. This phrase, often translated “tit for tat”, was mentioned often during the time of Pres. Trump’s first impeachment proceding. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/56 "2021-01-12T22:52:51Z")
What is quid pro quo? 1. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/57 "2021-01-12T23:29:56Z")
Who are HBO Max viewers? (or, I suppose, What is “who watches the watchmen?”) Next: **Targets of Assassins** 1. Sirhan Sirhan ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/58 "2021-01-12T23:39:42Z")
Who was Robert Kennedy? 1. Gavrilo Princip ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/59 "2021-01-12T23:42:35Z")
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand? 1. Mark David Chapman ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/60 "2021-01-12T23:50:27Z")
Who was John Lennon? 1. Nathuram Godse [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=4)